Bob Dylan - Goodbye Jimmy Reed Lyrics

Album: Rough and Rowdy Ways Spotify: Lyrics: I live on a street named after a Saint Women in the churches wear powder and paint Where the Jews and the Catholics and the Muslims all pray I can tell they’re Proddie from a mile away Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed, indeed Give me that old time religion, it’s just what I need For thine is kingdom, the power and the glory Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story Tell it in that straightforward, puritanical tone In the mystic hours, when a person’s alone Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, godspeed Thump on the Bible, proclaim a creed You won’t amount to much, the people all said ’Cause I didn’t play guitar behind my head Never pandered, never acted proud Never took off my shoes, throw ’em in the crowd Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, goodnight Put a jewel in your crown and I put out the lights They threw everything at me, everything in the book I had nothing to fight with but a butcher’s hook They had no pity, they never lend a hand I can’t sing a song that I don’